Which Durham Technical Community College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Computer and Information Science graduates leave with a median of $10,208 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Durham Technical Community College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Durham Technical Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $1,986 a year, and $6,594 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $1,664 a year.

How many Durham Technical Community College programs report graduate pay?

5 associate's programs and 6 certificate programs at Durham Technical Community College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Durham Technical Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Durham, NC
3,890 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Durham Technical Community College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Health and Medical Administration pays the most in the first year ($70,267), and Linguistics and Language Studies the least ($26,246). The median program pays $46,750. Durham Technical Community College also has 5 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$1,986Per year. Out-of-state $6,594

Average net price after aid$1,664Per year

Graduation rate45%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 5 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in North Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across North Carolina. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Carolina
1	NursingAbout 41 graduates a year	$66,430	$74,092	$21,448	35th of 53
2	Ophthalmic and Optometric ServicesAbout 9 graduates a year	$61,860	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 25 graduates a year	$45,847	Not reported	$9,667	2nd of 7
4	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 23 graduates a year	$38,041	Not reported	$36,237	1st of 15
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 402 graduates a year	$23,876	$43,222	$11,321	39th of 49

Program names link to the program's own page, and North Carolina ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five North Carolina programs in the field do too.

All 6 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in North Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across North Carolina. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Carolina
1	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 46 graduates a year	$70,267	$69,257	$25,000	1st of 12
2	Criminal JusticeAbout 61 graduates a year	$49,893	Not reported	$17,750	3rd of 14
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 87 graduates a year	$46,966	Not reported	$10,208	2nd of 6
4	Practical NursingAbout 22 graduates a year	$46,533	Not reported	$22,313	8th of 14
5	Teacher EducationAbout 80 graduates a year	$33,260	Not reported	$25,522	1st of 7
6	Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 75 graduates a year	$26,246	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2

One more certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

Health and Medical Administration$70,267
Criminal Justice$49,893
Computer and Information Science$46,966
Practical Nursing$46,533
Teacher Education$33,260

Lowest median debt

Computer and Information Science$10,208
Criminal Justice$17,750
Practical Nursing$22,313
Health and Medical Administration$25,000
Teacher Education$25,522

Largest programs

Computer and Information ScienceAbout 87 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 80 graduates a year
Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 75 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 61 graduates a year
Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 46 graduates a year

Common questions

Health and Medical Administration graduates earn a median of $70,267 in their first year, the most of 6 Durham Technical Community College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of North Carolina rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels